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Call of Duty (Black Ops 2) World Reveal - May 1st
- Thread starter Wario64
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But those valve games are almost all different from eachother. COD is just the same old shit.
As far as i know CoD4 was the last game that got a GOTY edition
Okay, thanks, I didn't realise that.
A deluxe edition for Wii U with all the DLC would be a good idea, though.
lol Where is this all coming from?
Speaking of the main series on PC and console, I've bought every Call of Duty outside of the first two, and with those I played other people's copies.
The single-player does use a formula and, in my opinion, have actually become worse with every subsequent entry. But even so, it's the multiplayer where this series shines. And once you've put in some time with the series you start to appreciate the subtle differences between the different entries. If not for those differences, everyone would automatically abandon the previous entry and move en masse to the newest one. But you'll see that doesn't happen.
We CoD veterans are excited for Black Ops 2 for good reason. Black Ops 1 is simply the most fun to play, has the best upgrade tree, the best perks, the best maps, and the best netcode (note - I havn't played the Ps3 version). And if you own it on Wii, it also has the best controls. (Modern Warfare 1 & 3 Wii both feel twitchy and WaW just doesn't allow a wide enough range of setting changes.)
As an aside, Call of Duty kicks ass on DS. I can't wait for the first entry on 3DS. Hopefully that'll come out alongside Black Ops 2.
Liamario
Banned
I'm not criticising the series (there's already enough people for that), but has the hype fallen for COD. I remember when MW2 was announced and the hype was huge. Since then, it's all been a bit meh and I can't be the only one.
I'm sure the game will be as good as the other ones, but I think they've fallen into the trap of overhyping things and then when you combine that with yearly releases- people start to get bored very quickly.
The point I'm making, is that this is how I feel about this series. It has gotten very stale for me very fast.
I'm sure the game will be as good as the other ones, but I think they've fallen into the trap of overhyping things and then when you combine that with yearly releases- people start to get bored very quickly.
The point I'm making, is that this is how I feel about this series. It has gotten very stale for me very fast.
SuperEpicMan
Banned
I understand the staleness if you have played all the MW titles, but I have been playing BLOPS since release and still enjoy it. Before BLOPS I played Bad Company, I wouldn't want to start playing a new multiplayer FPS every year, it would be exhausting.
So quit complaining and only buy them every two years, also at least Activision don't release a unlock everything dlc pack that EA do with the Battefield series.
So quit complaining and only buy them every two years, also at least Activision don't release a unlock everything dlc pack that EA do with the Battefield series.
toythatkills
Member
Yeah, this announcement of the announcement came right out of the blue, I wasn't prepared for it at all. Would it have really been so much to ask that they could have saved announcing the announcement until four million people liked an announcement announcement page on Facebook?
Marketing fail.
SuperEpicMan
Banned
Don't buy it if it bothers you so much, clearly millions of people do like the series. Too many people expect the next game to be like Journey or Amnesia, I treat Black Ops like my go to multiplayer game when I need relief from single player games like Skyrim or Uncharted, it is my filler game for when I complete my latest game until the next one I buy and for those reasons it is an excellent game.
It actually does the industry good to have games like this available, someone else had said it provides a jumping in point for non gamers.
j0hnny_385
Member
but at the same that we've seen a lot of "Call of Duty"-zation the past couple of years.
"aim for CoD sales"
"aim for CoD popularity
"aim for CoD-like multiplayer"
"aim for CoD like DLCs"
...
of course, CoD itself is not to blame here rather the industry itself.
SuperEpicMan
Banned
Yeah, I think that is just because of how successful the series is, aiming for COD popularity, sales are very ambitious aims because COD has like it or not set the bar in these areas.
As for COD like multiplayer, I think it means create a multiplayer that is balanced and as fun as COD, a lot of games come out and have multiplayer which is often unbalanced and broken, and end up having a weak online community.
I must admit that I don't like the idea of COD like dlc, their map backs are severely over priced.
Well for me personally I started as an admirer of IW's work with MW1 and was very skeptical about Treyarch and WaW before it came out. But it is perhaps the most memorable CoD I have played the last years. Blops had a solid performance and fixed a lot of things I thought were broken with MW2. MW3 basically ignored these things and went back to the MW2 way of doing things. In particular I think auto-scoping and the whole sniper thing is ridiculous in MW2 and 3. It is the main reason why I now think Treyarch is the lead... they're doing great things.
SuperEpicMan
Banned
Does dedicated servers mean that when I'm playing a game none of the players are the host, so the match won't end or migrate hosts, if the host quits.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
One of the stupidest GIF's around alongside that stupid wrestler clinging to the belt.
The_Player
Member
Not speaking for everyone, but I enjoyed WaW as much as MW.
fluffydelusions
Member
I have Blops PC version and it's horribly optimized and runs like crap.
Angry Fork
Member
Yes, it also means dramatically less lag because the room no longer uses P2P connection bullshit. It's criminal that COD doesn't have Dedi's yet on PC or consoles, but games that sell much less particularly PS3 exclusives have dedicated servers.
Guerrillas in the Mist
Member
It's ironic considering the COD games on PC up to 4 had proper dedicated server support and server browsers.
BruiserBear
Banned
For the first time in years I'm not feeling much interest in the next COD at all. Just can't muster much of a fuck to give.
I know, with my old PC I could max MW2 and get a steady 60fps and I couldn't even get a steady 30fps in BLOPS. I have a new PC now and it runs fine.
The_Darkest_Red
Member
MW3 was the first one I skipped since starting with the original MW but I enjoyed Black Ops so I'll keep an eye on this. I'd love to see them tone things down a bit but I'd imagine the chances of that happening are next to nothing at this point in the series' life.
You're falling into the trap of thinking Gaf opinion =mainstream gamer opinion. From here on out CoD will always get shit on something serious on 'core' gamer hangouts. But still sell millions of copies out of the gate to everyone else. Most CoD fans now just play the game and avoid all the other drama surrounding it. Which makes these sort of threads with 'funny' gifs etc so tiresome to read.
At least this year we don't have to have a drawn out 'fight' with Battlefield.
It's hilarious that CoD gets the "it's stale" accusations while other well loved game series which don't change much of what they do game to game are always given a pass.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Blops 1 had proper dedis and a server browser too. Hardcore TDM was godlike on a sub-50ms ping server, which thanks to the server locations, was easy to find.
j0hnny_385
Member
The YES wrestler? C'mon man, that's cool. If someone's hyped for something let them have it.
Neuromancer
Member
Hopefully we'll get some combat training details. I played that mode to death in Blops1.
Dr.Palutena
Member
to me i see two different groups of people that you have amalgamated into one entity
and personally for me its gone
Goldrusher
Member
Looks like the franchise has a new logo.
Neuromancer
Member
Why did he think it was called CoD4 then? Haha
Same reason Star Wars started with Episode 4
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
The YES wrestler? C'mon man, that's cool. If someone's hyped for something let them have it.
Nothing wrong with the hype but the look of the peoples faces just turns me off and makes me mad
Looks like the franchise has a new logo.
indeed !
Looks like the franchise has a new logo.
Aren't they afraid of hurting the brand with these changes?
-Pyromaniac-
Member
hmmm....not sure I like this. They may have just shot themselves in the foot.Looks like the franchise has a new logo.
base shagohod
Member
PairOfFilthySocks
Member
A reveal of a release date of a reveal of a release date.
Publishers really need to cut this shit out.
Publishers really need to cut this shit out.
Very true. After struggling for a while with getting the most out of it, I ended up repurchasing the game on Wii and had a blast. Among other improvements, the Wii version lowers the number of players, in effect cutting down on the stop 'n' pop gameplay, resulting in a deeper, more strategic experience. For me it's right up there with MAG, Killzone 2 and Goldeneye 007 (Wii version) as one of the best current gen on-line FPS's.
Nizz
Member
This. The PS3 version of Black Ops was shameful.
i laughed
Reckless Onion
Member
This cant be coincidence right?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SNPJMk2fgJU
Source:
http://www.charlieintel.com/2012/04/23/static-image-on-callofduty-com-a-quad-rotor-drone/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SNPJMk2fgJU
Source:
http://www.charlieintel.com/2012/04/23/static-image-on-callofduty-com-a-quad-rotor-drone/
mescalineeyes
Banned
especially seeing how that video was uploaded TODAY... and the whole thing is rendered/fake.
Forsaken82
Member
Clearly not... "War" is not anywhere in the title!
Seriously though, Blackops wasn't really a war time shooter, it was breaking out of prison, conspiracy theories, and Deer Hunter...
besides the flashbacks to Vietnam and WW2 of course
Wasn't that stoked for MW3 last year, but it turned out to be my favorite CoD MP since CoD4. I really didn't get into blops at all after 1 month, and I just traded it in with no regrets.
Normally I'd be more curious for what they got in the pipeline, but Halo 4 looks so damn good that no other MP shooter is even on my radar this year. It'd take a lot of amazing stuff from them to make me consider it.
i.e dedicated servers on consoles.
Normally I'd be more curious for what they got in the pipeline, but Halo 4 looks so damn good that no other MP shooter is even on my radar this year. It'd take a lot of amazing stuff from them to make me consider it.
i.e dedicated servers on consoles.
XeroSauce
Member
Clearly not... "War" is not anywhere in the title!
Seriously though, Blackops wasn't really a war time shooter, it was breaking out of prison, conspiracy theories, and Deer Hunter...
besides the flashbacks to Vietnam and WW2 of course
Contrary to popular opinion, I liked the whole Black Ops interrogation plot as opposed to being random soldiers flying all over the place doing the entire war by yourself.